Adjetivo posesivo

Spanish possessive adjective

Written by qualified Spanish expert Inma Sánchez BA

Last updated: 2022-10-14

Possessive adjectives indicate ownership or possession. The English possessive adjectives are my, your, his, her, its, our, your and their.

Spanish has many more possessive adjectives because they have to agree in number and sometimes gender with their nouns.

For example

Él es mi hermano.He is my brother.

Rubén tiene su libro.Rubén has his book.

Yo no tengo vuestras camisas.I don't have your shirts.

Marcos es amigo mío.Marcos is my friend/a friend of mine.

He visto el coche tuyo aparcado en la esquina.I saw your car parked in the corner. [you = tú]

There are short form possessive adjectives:

	Possesive Adjectives Just one possession	Possesive Adjectives More than one possession
my	mi	mis
your	tu	tus
his/her/it/your (formal)/their	su	sus
our	nuestro (masc) / nuestra (fem)	nuestros (masc) / nuestras (fem)
your (plural)	vuestro (masc) / vuestra (fem)	vuestros (masc) / vuestras (fem)

And long form possessive adjectives:

English	Masc sing	Masc pl	Fem sing	Fem pl
my/of mine	mío	míos	mía	mías
your/of yours	tuyo	tuyos	tuya	tuyas
his/of his, her/of hers, its/ of its, your/of yours (formal), their/of theirs	suyo	suyos	suya	suyas
our/of ours	nuestro	nuestros	nuestra	nuestras
your (plural)/ of yours	vuestro	vuestros	vuestra	vuestras

Possessive adjectives in Spanish: my, your, his, her, its, our and their (Adjetivos posesivos)
Difference between tú and tu in Spanish (you and your) (singular informal)
Spanish long-form possessive adjectives (my, your, his, her, our, their)
Difference between mi and mí in Spanish (with or without an accent)